Luke 22:54-62

Contemporary English Version

Peter Says He Doesn't Know Jesus

(Matthew 26.57,58,67-75; Mark 14.53,54,66-72; John 18.12-18,25-27)

⁵⁴ Jesus was arrested and led away to the house of the high priest, while Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ Some people built a fire in the middle of the courtyard and were sitting around it. Peter sat there with them, ⁵⁶ and a servant girl saw him. Then after she had looked at him carefully, she said, “This man was with Jesus!”

⁵⁷ Peter said, “Woman, I don't even know that man!”

⁵⁸ A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You are one of them!”

“No, I'm not!” Peter replied.

⁵⁹ About an hour later another man insisted, “This man must have been with Jesus. They both come from Galilee.”

⁶⁰ Peter replied, “I don't know what you are talking about!” Right then, while Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹ The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered that the Lord had said, “Before a rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will say three times that you don't know me.” ⁶² Then Peter went out and cried bitterly.